Fields required on front-end but NOT back-end? | User Meta Pro

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September 14, 2012 at 6:22 am #2086

toddz70
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How can a field be REQUIRED on a front-end Registration form, but NOT required in the back-end Admin?

I have two different Registration forms (for two different Roles), and each has a different set of Fields. I want all fields on a each form to be required for the user. But in the backend, the User Profile shows ALL fields (combined from both versions of my Reg forms), and any field that was required on the front-end becomes required in the back-end too — but I don’t want this, since not all fields are actually relevant to every user, since they may be of different Roles.

September 15, 2012 at 2:35 am #2090

toddz70
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I solved this for myself with some custom jQuery, added to the wp-admin.

In FUNCTIONS.PHP ….
function my_script() { if(is_admin()){ wp_enqueue_script('custom_admin_script', get_bloginfo('template_url').'/js/admin.js', array('jquery')); } } my_script();

in JS/ADMIN.JS …..
jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('input.um_input').each(function() { var class_text; class_text = jQuery(this).attr("class"); class_text = class_text.replace("validate[required]",""); class_text = class_text.replace("validate[required,","validate["); //console.log(class_text); //test jQuery(this).attr("class",class_text); }); });

It’d be great if this were implemented as built-in feature of the plugin though.. as another checkbox in each Field, so the user can set whether the field is required in Admin too, or just front-end.

September 17, 2012 at 3:15 pm #2100

Khaled
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Hello, you can create two fields with same meta_key(different title if you need) and use one in front-end form with required checkbox=true and another in back-end profile with required checkbox=false

Thanks.

August 2, 2013 at 9:36 pm #4046

jellycode
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This is an excellent answer to this problem and exactly what I was looking for.
Like the OP, I think it would be great if this code was implemented as a built-in feature.

August 6, 2013 at 6:08 am #4052

toddz70
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Using separate fields for front-end and back-end would be very hard to manage. My site already has 30 fields, so i’d need 60?

Please just implement this as another checkbox within each Field. It’d be so much easier to manage.

August 7, 2013 at 5:19 am #4057
Support
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Perhaps, those code might better suit for your (in functions.php)
```
add_filter( 'user_meta_field_config', 'user_meta_field_config_function', 10, 3 );
function user_meta_field_config_function( $field, $fieldID, $formName ){ 
    global $userMeta;
    
    // Check if current user has admin role and viewing from admin panel
    if( $userMeta->isAdmin() && is_admin() ){
        unset( $field['required'] );
    }
    return $field;
}
```
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